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lignivorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lig-niv-o-rous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That feeds on wood.

Etymology

From Latin lignum (“wood”) + -vorous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more lignivorous (comparative) most lignivorous (superlative)

Rhymes With

carnivorous omnivorous herbivorous insectivorous piscivorous frugivorous sanguinivorous oryzivorous graminivorous granivorous aurivorous baccivorous

Questions

What does lignivorous mean?
That feeds on wood.
Where does lignivorous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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